Harpswell
is a village just west off the junction of the A631 and
B1398, 12 miles (19.3 km) north of Lincoln.

A Parish Meeting conducts the affairs of the village.

According to the 2001 census Harpswell had a population
of 65.

Nearby RAF Hemswell was called Harpswell airfield when
it first opened in 1916 and in the church yard on the north
side are buried airmen who died in World War II.

The parish church of St Chad's has an Saxon tower and was
restored around 1890. It is a Grade I listed building. The
church contains some interesting features.

The Whichcotes Whitcots possessed the manor of Harpswell from
the 15th century until the 19th century. The Manor House disappeared
long ago. The family obtained a baronetcy in 1660 for services
to Charles II.

The church tower has a clock originally set up by Thomas Whitcot,
a fervent Protestant, to celebrate the victory of the Battle of
Culloden in 1745 when the Duke of Cumberland defeated the rebels
of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Documents relating to the clock are
extant. The present clock is later however the commemoration remains
on the tower.